MANUFACTURING DISSENT

The printing press was at the centre of William Morris’s studio, factory and social activism - an instrument for the creation of both beauty and radical knowledge. In his home borough, HSCB’s participatory money printing builds on this legacy. Using traditional print processes and community participation we create handcrafted currency that sheds light on and questions our current debt fuelled system. In this century the power of the press is extended as social media and digital technologies such as blockchain open up new distribution and funding channels beyond traditional, often elitist and conservative models. This event explores cultural agency and examines tactile and technological applications of art as a meaningful and creative force in society - contributing to a toolkit for building a beautiful, provocative DIY uprising.

FEATURING:

JEREMY GILBERT. Professor of Cultural Rand Political Theory at UEL and has written widely on politics, music, and contemporary culture. Recent publications include the translation of Maurizio Lazzarato's Experimental Politics and the book Common Ground: Democracy and Collectivity in an Age of Individualism. He is editor of the journal New Formations and writes regularly for the British press and think tanks such as IPPR and Compass. He is an advisor to and participant in a range of ongoing projects such as The World Transformed and the New Economy Organisers Network and maintains a lifelong commitment to public education outside the academy, currently hosting Culture, Power, Politics, a series of free open seminars and lectures.

RAYMOND WILLIAMS FOUNDATION is a charity whose trustees aim to continue the writer and cultural theorist Raymond Williams’ 'Long Revolution’ and commitment to adult education and a learning society."I've often defined my own social purpose as the creation of an educated and participating democracy.”

JOE TODD. CO FOUNDER THE WORLD TRANSFORMED. An organisation hosting interesting, exciting and unexpected political events.

MAX DOVEY . Artist, researcher and producer exploring data, value, crpyto-currencies and blockchains and making installations/performances about the financializaton of data. He is an affiliated researcher at the Institute of Network Cultures and organised a series of conferences called MoneyLab about interventions with finance. He regularly writes for Open Democracy, Imperica & Furtherfield. His work has been performed at Ars Electronica Festival, Art Rotterdam & many U.K based music festivals.